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Vim clear last search highlighting

After doing a search in Vim, I get all the occurrences highlighted. How can I disable that? I now do another search for something gibberish that can't be found.

Is there a way to just temporarily disable the highlight and then re-enable it when needed again?

Solution

  • To turn off highlighting until the next search:

    :noh

    Or turn off highlighting completely:

    set nohlsearch

    Or, to toggle it:

    set hlsearch!

nnoremap <F3> :set hlsearch!<CR>